Thrive Music is a United States-based

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founded in

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, by music industry entrepreneur, Ricardo Vinas.

History

Thrive Records was founded in 1997 by electronic music trailblazer Ricardo Vinas, as a joint venture with Sire/Warner Bros. Records—the label founded by legendary A&R man Seymour Stein. Vinas credits Stein as the most influential mentor in his career. During Thrive Records first four years, Vinas worked closely with the revered record executive responsible for discovering Madonna, Depeche Mode, and The Ramones. Thrive hit the ground running with the release of the soundtrack album for the most talked about independent film of 1998,

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’s '' Pi'' (Sundance Film Festival Best Director Award Winner), and launching the premiere DJ mix series, ''Global Underground''. The upstart label immediately had in its roster some of the most up and coming artists in electronic music, including

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mas ...

and Deep Dish. Thrive Records distributed Oakenfold’s label Perfecto Records for a decade. Paul Oakenfold received a 2006 Grammy nomination for his Thrive Records album, ''Creamfields'' (2006). Deep Dish delivered their most successful and Grammy nominated album, '' George Is On'' (2005), during their time at Thrive Records. ''George Is On'' spun Deep Dish’s biggest selling singles, "Flashdance", "Say Hello", and their collaboration with Stevie Nicks on a dance version of the Fleetwood Mac classic, "Dreams". Thrive Records' artist roster has included the critically acclaimed

Roni Size Ryan Owen Granville Williams (born 29 October 1969), better known by his stage name Roni Size, is an English DJ and record producer. He came to prominence in 1997 as the founder and frontman of Roni Size & Reprazent, a drum and bass collective. ...

A-Trak Alain Macklovitch (born March 30, 1982), known by his stage name A-Trak, is a Canadian DJ, record producer, and record executive. He came to prominence in the late 2000s as an international club DJ and remix artist, known for incorporating highly ...

, former Underworld member Darren Emerson,

Mark Ronson Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-American DJ, songwriter, record producer, and record executive. He is best known for his collaborations with artists such as Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, ...

, Duck Sauce, Sander Kleinenberg, Josh Wink,

Ferry Corsten Ferry Corsten (; born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch disc jockey, record producer and remixer from Rotterdam. He is well known for producing many pioneering trance tracks during the 1990s–2000s under his numerous aliases, including System F, Moon ...

, and

Steve Aoki Steven Hiroyuki Aoki (, ; born November 30, 1977), best known as Steve Aoki, is an American DJ, record producer, music programmer, and record executive.

. The Thrive/Dim Mak single, "I’m In The House" featuring will.i.am, was Aoki's only American Top 40 radio crossover single until 2017. The genre defining debut albums from Steve Aoki, ''Pillow Face and His Airplane Chronicles'' (2008), and A-Trak's ''Infinity+1'' (2009), were both released by Thrive Records. Thrive Records was active in the film soundtrack arena. In addition to ''Pi'', Thrive Records released the soundtrack albums for the Oscar nominated and highly acclaimed Christopher Nolan film, ''Memento'', the groundbreaking ''Requiem For a Dream'' directed by Darren Aronofsky. Thrive Records dabbled in alternative music after signing Foo Fighter's drummer,

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, and his solo band, The Coattail Riders. The label was home to many of today's top EDM executives including former Thrive Records GM Lee Kurisu (Dim Mak Records President), and A&R executives Peter Torres and David Dann (Mind of a Genius Records GM, and Founder). Thrive Pictures was the film and television division for Thrive Records run by Hollywood film executive Bryan Brucks.

Distribution

WEA Distribution was Thrive Records distributor from 1997 until 2000. Thrive Records moved to RED Distribution/Sony Music in 2001 and ranked consistently as one of RED's top performing labels. Thrive Records provided North American distribution for several iconic European dance labels, including Perfecto Records, Renaissance Recordings, and Global Underground.

Thrive Music

After a successful 15-year run with Thrive Records, Ricardo Vinas launched Thrive Music in 2015 with distribution through Sony Music. Thrive Music has released successful projects from EDM mainstays like

Moby Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the ...

Nicky Romero Nick Rotteveel (; born January 6, 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero or Monocule, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Amerongen, Utrecht Province. He has worked with, and received support from DJs, such as Tiësto, Fedde ...

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, and

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are a Belgian–Greek DJ duo composed of brothers Dimitri Thivaios and Michael Thivaios. They were ranked No. 1 on ''DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list in 2015 and 2019, and were ranked No. 2 in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020 ...

. The label has assembled an artist roster that also includes newcomers like SAYMYNAME, and the 2017 Grammy nominated Lipless, Cazztek,

Sick Individuals Sick Individuals (stylized as SICK INDIVIDUALS) is a Dutch electronic dance music act consisting of Rinze "Ray" Hofstee () and Joep "Jim" Smeele (). The two met in Hilversum, Netherlands (2008) while studying Music Composition. Jim and Ray had b ...

, Dropout, 4B,

Hunter Siegel Hunter Siegel is a Canadian DJ and music producer. Hunter made his first appearance with his debut single, released independently, Waiting Up, which was released in white label format in June 2013. Hunter received international support with Wa ...

, Myon, and Madison Mars. Thrive Music artists are featured in multiple television shows, video games, films, and multi-media ad campaigns. In 2017 those include Despicable Me 3 (trailer), Mountain Dew, So You Think You Can Dance, and Dancing With The Stars.

Artists

* 4B * Air * Alphalove * Amanda Scheer Demme * Amba Shepherd * Anevo * Aspyer * ATLiens *

* Bad Boy Bill * Bailo * Bishøp * Bishu * BRKLYN * Convex * Cazztek * Cheat Codes *

Clint Mansell Clinton Darryl Mansell (; born 7 January 1963) is an English musician, singer, and composer, born in Coventry. He served as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist of alt-rock band Pop Will Eat Itself before embarking on a career as a fil ...

Danny Tenaglia Daniel "Danny" Tenaglia (born March 7, 1961) is an American DJ and record producer. He is a Grammy nominee for the best remixed recording (44th Annual Grammy Award). He is also a three time International Dance Music Award winner, 3 time DJ Awa ...

* Darren Emerson * Dave Seaman * Deep Dish * Delaney Jane *

* Dirty Audio * DJ Dan *

DJ Skribble Scott Ialacci, professionally known as DJ Skribble (born October 10, 1968) is an American DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and actor. In the early 1990s, he teamed up with Kamron, ATA, Firstborn and Tommy Never in Young Black Teenager ...

* Dropout * Duck Sauce * Duelle * Duke & Jones *

Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist f ...

* Fareoh *

* Fight Clvb * Fred Falke * Funky Craig * Gazzo *Greencoast * Henrix * Heren * Hernan Cattaneo * Holly *

* HVRCRFT * Hyper *

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* Jack Trades * James Zabiela * Jaycen A'mour * Jayceeoh * J. WORRA *

John Digweed Thomas John Digweed (born 1 January 1967) is a British DJ and record producer. ''DJ Magazine'' voted him World No 1 DJ in 2001. As well as achieving success as a solo act, he has collaborated with Sasha as Sasha & John Digweed, and with Nick M ...

Johnny Vicious Johnny Vicious (born John Coles) is an American house DJ, producer and remixer. He DJed in New York City clubs Mars and Paladium in the 1980s, and in the early 1990s started his own label, Vicious Muzik Records, with Jeffrey Rodman. Vicious b ...

Jason Nevins Jason Nevins (born December 15, 1972) is an American songwriter, record producer and remixer, who is most widely known for his pop and dance productions, including his multi-platinum, multi-million selling production of " It's Like That" by Ameri ...

* Joe Ghost * Josh Wink * Jvst Say Yes * KANDY * Karra * Ken Loi * KLOUD * LA Riots * Landis * Lipless * Louis Vivet * Loveless * Lunde Bros. * Madison Mars * Madnap * Mahalo * Manse *

Moore Kismet Omar Davis, known by their stage name Moore Kismet, is a DJ, songwriter, and music producer. Moore Kismet is currently signed with Thrive Music and Universal Music Group. Career In 2021, Kismet became the youngest artist ever to perform at ED ...

* Morten * Myon * NERVO * Nic Fanciulli *

* NuKid * O Mer *

* Poet Name Life * Ravell * Ray Volpe * Reez * Restless Modern * RBYN * Remmi * Restless Modern * Richard Vission * Ricky Remedy * Riggi & Piros * Riot Ten * Rome In Silver * Roni Size * Ryos * Sagan * Sander Kleinenberg *

Sandra Collins Sandra Collins is an American DJ, record producer, and remixer. Biography Collins got her start on the West Coast of the U.S. in Phoenix, Arizona and then moved into residencies in Los Angeles, and eventually moved towards trance. She used A ...

Sasha Sacha, Sasha, Sascha, or ''variant'' may refer to: People * Sasha (name), includes list of people with the name and the variants Sascha or Sacha Musicians * Sasha (DJ) (born 1969), born Alexander Coe * Sasha (German singer) (born 1972), born Sas ...

* SAYMYNAME * Seb Fontaine * Shaylen *

* Snugs * Speaker of the House *

Steve Aoki Steven Hiroyuki Aoki (, ; born November 30, 1977), best known as Steve Aoki, is an American DJ, record producer, music programmer, and record executive.

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* Syzz * Tamra Keenan * Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders * The Ready Set *

Thomas Bangalter Thomas Bangalter (; born 3 January 1975) is a French musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, DJ and composer. Son of French music composer and artist Daniel Vangarde. He is best known as one half of the former French house music duo Daft ...

* Tim Deluxe * Tommie Sunshine * Tony Okungbowa * Tony Romera * Trivecta * Twofold * tyDi * Unknown Brain * Vanillaz *

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* WeAreTreo * YDG

Compilations

Thrive Records launched and marketed some of the most successful dance compilation series in the United States:

References

External links

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